ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- A trip to the Sunshine State
provided the New Jersey Nets with a breath of fresh air.

Lucious Harris hit a pair of long jumpers down the stretch and
Kendall Gill came up with a critical block with 31 seconds left
as the Nets posted a 100-94 triumph over the slumping Orlando
Magic.

The win came on the heels of the Nets' surprising 90-89 triumph
in Miami on Saturday and gave New Jersey consecutive road
victories for the first time this season.

"This is certainly a notch on the belt but we have some more
road trips to take," Nets coach Don Casey said. "We have to
Philly and New York. So, I am going to wait until the All-Star
break before I make my decisions. This is certainly a step in
the right direction."

New Jersey became just the second team this season to sweep the
two-game Florida trip, joining Milwaukee. The successful trek
began after an embarrassing 101-91 home loss to Vancouver on
Friday.

"We felt coming in that we matched up well against Orlando," Van
Horn said. "All we needed to do was play our style of aggressive
ball and take advantage of our opportunities and we did that in
the second half."

"We are just a much better team than in the beginning of the
season right now," Gill said. "We have a lot of confidence in
what we we're doing right now and a lot has to do with everybody
being on the same page and people being healthy."

Stephon Marbury scored 22 points before fouling out late in the
contest and Keith Van Horn added 20, 10 rebounds and four
blocked shots. Van Horn sandwiched a key 3-pointer between
Harris' baskets as the Nets used a 10-3 burst to pull away.

Darrell Armstrong scored 29 points and Bo Outlaw contributed a
season-high 16 and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who have lost
eight of their last nine games.

"I thought for the first half we kind of got back to playing the
way we were playing earlier this year," Magic coach Doc Rivers
said. "And then in the third quarter we let down. I thought we
lost some of the fire we had in the first half, although my guys
never quit fighting."

The Nets shot just 40 percent (37-of-93) from the field and
committed 20 turnovers but made 11-of-24 3-pointers and held a
53-41 advantage on the boards.

Orlando shot just 41 percent (35-of-85) from the field, made
3-of-9 3-pointers and committed 19 turnovers.

The Nets trailed 55-49 entering the third quarter but opened
with a 12-2 burst. Van Horn capped the run with a 3-pointer
with 9:09 to go. They pushed the lead to 75-65 with 2:26 left
on a three-point play by Harris and took a 10-point lead into
the final quarter.

The Nets led 86-73 with less than nine minutes to go before the
Magic began chipping away. Orlando was within 88-84 with 5:19
to play following a layup by Ben Wallace but the Nets pulled
away behind Harris and Van Horn.

Van Horn pushed the lead to eight with a 3-pointer and Orlando
rookie Chucky Atkins missed two free throws. Harris buried a
3-pointer for a 98-87 lead with 2:30 remaining.

Orlando scored the next seven points to draw within four with 44
seconds to go and had a chance to get closer but Gill blocked
Monty Williams' layup and added a free throw with 6.9 seconds
left.

"I thought we played good in the first half," Atkins said. "The
second half, we've just got to play a lot better, especially
myself. I'm an important part of this team and tonight I played
like trash."

"It's another loss, another loss," Outlaw said.

Armstrong scored 15 points and Wallace 10 as Orlando held a
55-49 edge at the half.